Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 125 Implementing the New Tax Law
The two each planned their own development prospects and talked very speculatively.After drinking the wine, the two of them felt full of pride. This time, not only can they flex their muscles in the field they are familiar with, but they can also make a lot of money every day.

The two walked up to the pier and saw that a hotel on the third floor was being built at the bridge head. Second Master Xu immediately fell in love with this place as a treasured place of geomantic omen, so he had to make a reservation with Jin Yang in advance.

When he talked to Jin Yan, he didn't tell the truth, and he also said that he opened a restaurant.Liu Tao told him: "Second Young Master, we are also going to open a restaurant here. My uncle and sister and I opened it together."

"Should I say that after I rent it, I will give you 5000 taels of rent a year?"

"Opening a restaurant with my sister was discussed in advance. You can't do it even if you pay 1 taels of rent. You have to pay attention to your reputation in the business world. If you don't have a reputation, who will dare to do business with us in the future?"

"Oh, that's right. Well, let me look elsewhere."

Liu Tao said: "Second Young Master, this place has been booked in advance. You can look at other places. There is also a big shopping mall that is reserved for us. You can choose the rest of the places. If you choose the place, you can let me know. We can do it, and we will definitely leave it for you!"

When Jinfu planned this area, it ordered a large number of bluestone slabs, and planned to lay bluestone slabs and open drainage channels on all the main roads here.In the future, the pier will still be a commercial area, even in rainy days, people can walk with confidence.Liu Tao also plans to hire some cleaners to clean the roads in the future, so that the pier and these main streets will prevent all messes.

On this day, my parents also came back from their hometown, telling me that my grandma has almost recovered.After Liu Tao was relieved, she handed back a mess of family affairs to them, and this time she had free time, so she went for a walk with Jin Yan at the pier.The restaurant is still under intense renovation, and one of the painting boats that go with the restaurant has already been decorated. Just as they were about to go on a maiden trip by themselves, they saw Commander Zhao who was wandering here not far from them.

Jin Yan and him teamed up to fight pirates, and the cooperation was very pleasant. After a long time, they bought some appetizers on the street and invited him to board the boat together to experience the fun of drinking in the boat.

He was related to the royal family by marriage, and he knew a lot about the affairs of the court. Ruizong had never been to the mansion since he fined them a huge sum of money and gave them a plaque.There is no one else on board, so you can talk freely.

"Brother, the emperor is now drawing up a tax increase plan. I heard that there will be a substantial tax increase?"

"Because of what?" Jin Yang asked.But Liu Tao thought that it was because of the follow-up construction after the earthquake.

"This time, it was a big increase in the amount of money to support officials. After Ruizong took over, dozens of corrupt officials were arrested. They all say that the salary is not enough. Ruizong sees it as the truth, and the local tax bureaus are required to greatly increase the tax, and the official collection standard will come down soon."

Jin Yang sighed: "Hey, the citizens are already living in hardship, and they have to charge more money with great fanfare. How can they live?"

"Hmph, I heard that some of the most famous corrupt officials have embezzled millions of taels of silver. Half of the people under their rule have fled because of heavy taxes. He is short of money, and he is desperate to marry a concubine. I heard that there was a corrupt official who married eleven concubines during his three years in office. Yang Lian, should you take the money to marry concubines?"

"This is our chat in the mansion. If it is outside, you, a young mistress who has never been through the door, can't say these things. It would be wrong if someone with a heart listens to them."

"Hehe, Big Brother Zhao, don't I see that there are no outsiders? If there are outsiders, I won't say that..."

Jin Hao was distressed: "There are too many miscellaneous taxes, how can ordinary people bear it? Xing, the people suffer, and death, the same people suffer..."

In fact, it is superfluous for Jin Hao to worry about the common people this time. The targets of Ruizong's heavy taxation are businessmen like them.When the people's tax was originally collected by the government, it was based on [-]% of the grain collected, that is, [-]% of the harvested grains converted into silver, which was the highest standard for tax collection.The rest are additional donations and other taxes collected by the local government, which are the so-called exorbitant miscellaneous taxes.Now, the local government is not allowed to increase the farmers' taxes without authorization, and it is the merchants' taxes that have been greatly increased.

At the beginning, Ruizong punished the four major merchants in the capital, one was to severely punish these disrespectful merchants, and the other was to rescue the imperial court.Later, I saw that the merchants who were fined were not in pain or itching. Jin Yan Liutao of the Jinfu had to celebrate with wine because he was not beaten, and felt that the punishment was too little.Later, I sent someone to inquire privately, and it was really the case.Just pointing at the country's taxation policy that has remained unchanged for a century, it is even more difficult to do anything other than the expenses of the imperial court and officials at all levels.

In the court, Ruizong poured bitter water on officials at all levels. As the head of the court, it is not easy to manage a country, especially when the court has no money.It is a large expense to maintain the operation of the royal family and the government below him.People often say: "One hundred thousand snowflake silver from the magistrate in three years." Although it is not that exaggerated, but the magistrate's salary plus the money to support the honesty, the income of 5 taels of snowflake silver in three years is still there.

There are eight provinces in the Dazhang Kingdom according to the geographical boundaries, each province is divided into four counties, each county has four prefectures and five prefectures, and each prefecture has five to eight counties.Below the county magistrate, there are also county magistrates, masters, inspections, and history.The one who can earn more than 30 snowflake silver in three years is the sheriff. The annual salary of more than 100 county guards is 700 million taels of silver, and the salaries of those county magistrates add up to [-] million taels of silver every year.

In these two festivals, the salaries of the governors and governors at the top, the small officials at the bottom, the capital officials of the imperial court, military and political officials, royal relatives, kings and nobles, the amount of salary used every year is huge. Headache.It can only be to let officials at all levels come up with ideas, and strive to collect as much tax as possible for the country and create profits through multiple channels.

Three days later, the Jinfu Wharf posted a court notice to the effect that the farmers' tax was 20.00 percent in the past, but now it has been raised to [-] percent.In the past, the tax on goods shipped by merchants was [-] percent, but now it has been raised to [-] percent.The person of the tax department must be present when the two parties trade bulk goods. After the transaction is completed, the taxes of both parties are paid.In addition, anyone who has anything to do with money must pay taxes accordingly.

There is also a disadvantage of paying taxes like this, that is, the tax department will supervise at any time, regardless of the wharf or Jinfu's home, and every transaction must be supervised on the spot.

It’s okay if you don’t collect taxes according to this. The capital tax department of the imperial court has assigned grades to all merchants, which are divided according to the trading volume of each merchant.

The wharf here is divided into five levels. Since Jinfu has three wharves, including the one that Jinsha transferred to the second uncle, there are four.It belongs to the first place in the multi-faceted and wide-ranging list.The first one is 8000 taels of Nayin per year, 3000 taels for Sihaida for the two piers, 400 taels for the other piers, and so on.

All the major businessmen immediately went crazy, calling this "competing for profit with the people".But there is no other way, and when Jinfu obtained the lease right, it also entered into a contract, which stated that "the tax has been paid by the Jinfu, and the various windfall profits generated by the various terminals in the future will not be distributed again by the Jinfu. Or unexpected loss of money, it will also be resolved by each terminal leaseholder.” clause.

The pier that Jinsha transferred to the second uncle was given to Jinsha by Jin Li for free. The pier can be given for free, but the subsequent taxes cannot be paid for.Jinsha did not use the pier, and the newly generated tax money can only fall on the second uncle.

The second uncle even yelled "wronged". It was agreed at the beginning that he only paid 5000 taels and ignored the rest.When the lawsuit came to Jin Yan, Jin Yang also said the same thing when he gave the pier to Jinsha: "I will give you the pier, half of the proceeds will be paid, and the rest of the follow-up extra income will not be distributed to Jin Fu, and Jin Fu will not care about any unexpected expenses incurred! "

Jinsha also took out the contract signed with the second uncle, which indeed contained this sentence.After some theory, the second uncle was defeated and returned home.

The three members of Jinsha's family were secretly happy, and taunted the second uncle.With one hand on her hips and the other leaning on a cane, Grandma Jinzang tilted her mouth triumphantly: "Why did you go when you got a good deal? Why didn't you think of us? Now that you have paid for it, you are chasing us for money. You are a stinky thief." You can’t just eat meat, you have to be beaten sometimes, right?”

When Liu Tao met Liu Xi, she asked her to tell the second uncle: "What's the matter, isn't it just 1000 taels of silver? There is still half a year before the end of the year. After paying the court tax, Jinsha and his grandma will not be able to come again." Isn't it beneficial to bother the second uncle?"

But the two later realized that the new tax generated by one pier was only 200 taels, and the tax for the two piers of Sihaida should be 400 taels, but they charged 500 taels.The Jin Mansion at the three docks should charge 600 taels, but they charged 4000 taels?The court's new tax law obviously means that the landlords will eat the rich.

One wave after another, the matter has not cooled down yet, the tax department found Jin Yan and all the wharf merchants and declared: "The new tax law of the imperial court is not only for your wharf, but also for all walks of life across the country. New tax law. For example, the processing of clothes and shoes in Jinfu, the sale of grapes in vineyards, the sale of food and milk products, the export of goods at Liangshan Port, and the production of glass in Yazui Port... all of them are now implemented with the new tax law!"

Later, it was also mentioned that the sale and lease of large houses behind the wharf, and even self-use shops, have to implement the new tax law together.Yantian will be included in the ranks of mines and plans to charge 30.00% tax.All products, including the sale and lease of houses, are paid [-] to [-].According to the current statistics, the implementation time of this method is initially set to start in the second half of the year. When the new policy is introduced at that time, it may be different from this algorithm, but the main purpose of tax increase is certain.

This made the two of them furious. Such a large amount of taxation would greatly reduce the profits of the Jinfu's business.The two found Ruizong, and Ruizong said that this is the case all over the country, not targeting any one.

　There are two more chapters today, and the next chapter will be uploaded in the afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)